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Larry Page | MediaGuardian 100 2012https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/larry-page-mediaguardian-100-2012
Despite setbacks over privacy and ad tracking, the Google chief has underlined its dominance in search and advertising<p><strong>Job:</strong> co-founder, chief executive of Google 1997-2001, 2011 to date<br><strong>Age:</strong> 39<br><strong>Industry:</strong> digital media<br><strong>2011 ranking:</strong> 3</p><p>This year Larry Page has mostly been the strong, silent type – because an (unspecified) illness affecting his vocal cords led to his doctors ordering him not to speak at all. (He is now well enough to talk again.) But even without speaking, his influence over the past year has seen Google morph from being a search portal into a content and hardware company.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/larry-page-mediaguardian-100-2012">Continue reading...</a>MediaGuardian 100 2012Larry PageDigital mediaMediaGoogleAndroidMobile phonesSoftwareTechnologySun, 16 Sep 2012 22:00:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/larry-page-mediaguardian-100-2012Photograph: guardian.co.ukLarry PagePhotograph: guardian.co.ukLarry PageGuardian Staff2012-09-16T22:00:01ZDick Costolohttps://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/dick-costolo-mediaguardian-100-2012
The Twitter chief has irked developers with his focus on driving revenues, but the issue of profitability is becoming urgent<p><strong>Job: </strong>chief executive, Twitter</p><p><strong>Age: </strong>48</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/dick-costolo-mediaguardian-100-2012">Continue reading...</a>MediaGuardian 100 2012Social networkingDigital mediaMediaDick CostoloTwitterTechnologySun, 16 Sep 2012 21:56:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/dick-costolo-mediaguardian-100-2012Photograph: PRDick CostoloPhotograph: PRDick CostoloGuardian Staff2012-09-16T21:56:01ZLord Patten | MediaGuardian 100 2012https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/lord-patten-mediaguardian-100-2012
It's the chairman of the BBC Trust, and not the new director general, who holds the whip hand at the corporation<p><strong>Job:</strong> chairman, BBC Trust<br><strong>Age:</strong> 68<br><strong>Industry:</strong> broadcasting<br><strong>2011 ranking:</strong> 21</p><p>There is a new man in charge of the BBC, but his name is not George Entwistle. Our panel said it was Lord Patten, the chairman of the BBC Trust, and not the new director general who holds the whip hand at the corporation following the exit of Mark Thompson.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/lord-patten-mediaguardian-100-2012">Continue reading...</a>MediaGuardian 100 2012Lord PattenBBC TrustBBCTelevision industryRadio industryMediaSun, 16 Sep 2012 21:56:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/lord-patten-mediaguardian-100-2012Photograph: guardian.co.ukLord PattenPhotograph: guardian.co.ukLord PattenGuardian Staff2012-09-16T21:56:01ZGeorge Entwistle | MediaGuardian 100 2012https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/george-entwistle-mediaguardian-100-2012
His slow ascent to the BBC's top job is now complete – but the former director of Vision faces tricky challenges in his new role<p><strong>Job:</strong> director general, BBC<br><strong>Age:</strong> 50<br><strong>Industry:</strong> broadcasting, digital media<br><strong>2011 ranking:</strong> 26</p><p>Having spent the best part of a quarter of a century at the BBC, George Entwistle's ascent to the corporation's top job is hardly an overnight success. But at the same time it still feels like a rapid rise for the man who <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jul/24/george-entwistle-mediaguardian-100-2011" title="">did not feature in the MediaGuardian 100 until last year</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/george-entwistle-mediaguardian-100-2012">Continue reading...</a>MediaGuardian 100 2012George EntwistleBBCTelevision industryDigital mediaMediaSun, 16 Sep 2012 21:54:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/george-entwistle-mediaguardian-100-2012Photograph: guardian.co.ukGeorge EntwistlePhotograph: guardian.co.ukGeorge EntwistleGuardian Staff2012-09-16T21:54:00ZSir Jonathan Ive | MediaGuardian 100 2012https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/jonathan-ive-mediaguardian-100-2012
With his knighthood this year, the designer of Apple's computers, iPods, iPhones and iPads has finally raised his public profile<p><strong>Job:</strong> senior vice-president of industrial design, Apple<br><strong>Industry:</strong> digital media<br><strong>Age:</strong> 45<br><strong>New entry</strong></p><p>Sir Jonathan Ive learnt this year that theApple gadgets he designed, including the iPad and the iPhone, have royal status.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/jonathan-ive-mediaguardian-100-2012">Continue reading...</a>MediaGuardian 100 2012Digital mediaMediaAppleComputingTechnologyJonathan IveSun, 16 Sep 2012 21:52:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/jonathan-ive-mediaguardian-100-2012Photograph: David Levene/GuardianJonathan IvePhotograph: David Levene/GuardianJonathan IveGuardian Staff2012-09-16T21:52:01ZJoanna Shields | MediaGuardian 100 2012https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/joanna-shields-mediaguardian-100-2012
Facebook faced its share of Wall Street woes this year, but its European marketing chief has scored notable successes<p><strong>Job:</strong> vice-president and managing director of Facebook (Europe, Middle East &amp; Africa)<br><strong>Age:</strong> 50<br><strong>Industry:</strong> digital media<br><strong>New entry</strong></p><p>Facebook will count 2012 as a year to forget after a botched flotation saw the social network's market value plummet. But away from Wall Street, Joanna Shields has led Facebook on its way to becoming a key marketing platform for Europe's top businesses.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/joanna-shields-mediaguardian-100-2012">Continue reading...</a>MediaGuardian 100 2012Social mediaSocial networkingDigital mediaMediaFacebookInternetTechnologySun, 16 Sep 2012 21:50:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/joanna-shields-mediaguardian-100-2012Photograph: PRJoanna ShieldsPhotograph: PRJoanna ShieldsGuardian Staff2012-09-16T21:50:01ZPaul Dacre | MediaGuardian 100 2012https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/paul-dacre-mediaguardian-100-2012
With Rupert Murdoch dogged by the phone-hacking crisis, the Daily Mail editor becomes the most influential player in print<p><strong>Job:</strong> editor, Daily Mail; editor-in-chief, Associated Newspapers<br><strong>Age:</strong> 63<br><strong>Industry:</strong> publishing<br><strong>2011 ranking:</strong> 7</p><p>Paul Dacre is the first newspaper editor in the MediaGuardian 100, ahead of Rupert Murdoch, following a year in which his Daily Mail has come through untouched by the phone-hacking crisis. His Mail remains always hard to predict but compelling reading – although it is arguably the Daily Telegraph that wins the prize of being David Cameron's irritant in chief – and while many tabloid critics might have hoped there would be evidence of nefarious methods being used by the title's reporters to obtain stories, nothing untoward has emerged.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/paul-dacre-mediaguardian-100-2012">Continue reading...</a>MediaGuardian 100 2012Paul DacreDaily MailNational newspapersNewspapersNewspapers & magazinesAssociated NewspapersDaily Mail & General TrustMediaSun, 16 Sep 2012 21:48:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/paul-dacre-mediaguardian-100-2012Photograph: guardian.co.ukPaul DacrePhotograph: guardian.co.ukPaul DacreGuardian Staff2012-09-16T21:48:01ZSir Martin Sorrell | MediaGuardian 100 2012https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/martin-sorrell-mediaguardian-100-2012
He may have been an Olympic torch bearer, but the WPP chief faced a fiery reception from shareholders over his pay package<p><strong>Job:</strong> group chief executive, WPP<br><strong>Age:</strong> 67<br><strong>Industry:</strong> advertising, marketing<br><strong>2011 ranking:</strong> 8</p><p>WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell admitted that he had "misjudged the mood of shareholders" after nearly 60% voted to reject his £6.8m annual pay packet – topped up with a £5.6m share windfall. It was the largest rebellion at a blue chip company since 90% voted against Sir Fred Goodwin's pension arrangements at Royal Bank of Scotland in 2009.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/martin-sorrell-mediaguardian-100-2012">Continue reading...</a>MediaGuardian 100 2012Sir Martin SorrellWPPMarketing & PRAdvertisingMediaWPPBusinessSun, 16 Sep 2012 21:46:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/martin-sorrell-mediaguardian-100-2012Photograph: guardian.co.ukSir Martin SorrellPhotograph: guardian.co.ukSir Martin SorrellGuardian Staff2012-09-16T21:46:01ZSimon Cowell | MediaGuardian 100 2012https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/simon-cowell-mediaguardian-100-2012
A bad year has little impact when you're The X Factor and BGT supremo Simon Cowell and your nearest rival is The Voice<p><strong>Job:</strong> TV producer, presenter<br><strong>Age:</strong> 52<br><strong>Industry:</strong> broadcasting, music<br><strong>2011 ranking:</strong> 9</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jul/24/simon-cowell-mediaguardian-100-2011" title="">This time last year </a>we said Simon Cowell was about to take the biggest gamble of his career, so did he end up in the red – or black?</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/simon-cowell-mediaguardian-100-2012">Continue reading...</a>MediaGuardian 100 2012Simon CowellITV plcTelevision industryMediaThe X FactorCultureTelevisionTelevision & radioEntertainmentSun, 16 Sep 2012 21:44:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/simon-cowell-mediaguardian-100-2012Photograph: guardian.co.ukSimon CowellPhotograph: guardian.co.ukSimon CowellGuardian Staff2012-09-16T21:44:01ZLord Justice Leveson | MediaGuardian 100 2012https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/lord-justice-leveson-mediaguardian-100-2012
Having picked his way through 97 days of hearings, he now faces his toughest test – getting his recommendations enacted<p><strong>Job:</strong> lord justice of appeal<br><strong>Age:</strong> 63<br><strong>Industry:</strong> law<br><strong>2011 ranking:</strong> 10</p><p>Lord Justice Leveson ranks high again this year with his eagerly awaited report into the culture, practice and ethics of the press due later in 2012. Plucked out of the courtroom by David Cameron, the Liverpool-born judge has had to handle the most high profile and contentious public inquiry into the media since Hutton – at times showing a sure touch handling the evidence, while at others struggling with presentation and politics.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/lord-justice-leveson-mediaguardian-100-2012">Continue reading...</a>MediaGuardian 100 2012Leveson inquiryPress intrusionPrivacy & the mediaNational newspapersNewspapersNewspapers & magazinesMediaLord Justice LevesonLawSun, 16 Sep 2012 21:42:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/lord-justice-leveson-mediaguardian-100-2012Photograph: guardian.co.ukLord Justice LevesonPhotograph: guardian.co.ukLord Justice LevesonGuardian Staff2012-09-16T21:42:00ZRupert Murdoch | MediaGuardian 100 2012https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/rupert-murdoch-mediaguardian-100-2012
Though the mogul admitted that the phone-hacking scandal was a 'serious blot' on his reputation, he retains unmatched influence<p><strong>Job:</strong> chairman and chief executive, News Corporation<br><strong>Age:</strong> 81<br><strong>Industry:</strong> broadcasting, publishing, digital media<br><strong>2011 ranking:</strong> 6</p><p>Rupert Murdoch has already been through "the most humble day of my life". This year he admitted that the phone-hacking saga was "a serious blot on my reputation" in the second of two days giving evidence before the Leveson inquiry. For the world's most powerful media mogul, the past 12 months have seen him forced to pick up the pieces from the affair.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/rupert-murdoch-mediaguardian-100-2012">Continue reading...</a>MediaGuardian 100 2012Rupert MurdochNews CorporationNews UKSky plcMedia businessNewspapers & magazinesNational newspapersNewspapersTelevision industryMediaSky plcBusinessSun, 16 Sep 2012 21:40:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/rupert-murdoch-mediaguardian-100-2012Photograph: guardian.co.ukRupert MurdochPhotograph: guardian.co.ukRupert MurdochGuardian Staff2012-09-16T21:40:01ZJeff Bezos | MediaGuardian 100 2012https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/jeff-bezos-mediaguardian-100-2012
The Amazon founder continues to innovate, taking the battle to Apple, Netflix and Google in the digital marketplace<p><strong>Job:</strong> founder and chief executive, Amazon<br><strong>Age:</strong> 48<br><strong>Industry:</strong> digital media and online retail<br><strong>2011 ranking:</strong> 12</p><p>Almost 20 years after he launched Amazon in his Seattle garage, Jeff Bezos's fervour to innovate and stay one step ahead of opponents remains undimmed.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/jeff-bezos-mediaguardian-100-2012">Continue reading...</a>MediaGuardian 100 2012Digital mediaMediaJeff BezosAmazonE-commerceInternetTechnologySun, 16 Sep 2012 21:38:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/jeff-bezos-mediaguardian-100-2012Photograph: guardian.co.ukJeff BezosPhotograph: guardian.co.ukJeff BezosGuardian Staff2012-09-16T21:38:00ZDanny Cohen | MediaGuardian 100 2012https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/danny-cohen-mediaguardian-100-2012
The BBC1 controller will be celebrating after impressive ratings for the Olympics – but can he breathe new life into The Voice?<p><strong>Job:</strong> controller, BBC1<br><strong>Age:</strong> 38<br><strong>Industry:</strong> broadcasting<br><strong>2011 ranking:</strong> 14</p><p>A year of contrasts for the BBC1 controller. For every Olympics, there was a diamond jubilee pageant – <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/jun/08/bbc-diamond-jubilee-coverage-complaints" title="">pass the royal sick bag, please</a>. For every <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/feb/20/call-the-midwife-viewers" title="">Call the Midwife</a>, there was <a href="http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/new-bbc-sitcom-the-royal-bodyguard-flops-royally/" title="">The Royal Bodyguard</a>. And The Voice had the highs, followed by the lows, in one neat Saturday night package.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/danny-cohen-mediaguardian-100-2012">Continue reading...</a>MediaGuardian 100 2012Danny CohenBBCTelevision industryMediaSun, 16 Sep 2012 21:36:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/danny-cohen-mediaguardian-100-2012Photograph: guardian.co.ukDanny CohenPhotograph: guardian.co.ukDanny CohenGuardian Staff2012-09-16T21:36:01ZPeter Fincham | MediaGuardian 100 2012https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/peter-fincham-mediaguardian-100-2012
With Downton Abbey back and a string of new dramas on the cards, ITV is riding high – but can it reinvigorate The X Factor?<p><strong>Job: </strong>ITV director of television<br><strong>Age:</strong> 56<br><strong>Industry:</strong> broadcasting<br><strong>2011 ranking:</strong> 15</p><p>"Didn't you edit the Queen once?" Keith Lemon asked Peter Fincham in an Edinburgh TV festival edition of Celebrity Juice. "You'd have been director general if you didn't do that."</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/peter-fincham-mediaguardian-100-2012">Continue reading...</a>MediaGuardian 100 2012Peter FinchamITV plcTelevision industryMediaSun, 16 Sep 2012 21:34:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/peter-fincham-mediaguardian-100-2012Photograph: guardian.co.ukPeter FinchamPhotograph: guardian.co.ukPeter FinchamGuardian Staff2012-09-16T21:34:01ZJeremy Darroch | MediaGuardian 100 2012https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/jeremy-darroch-mediaguardian-100-2012
With record profits, expanded homegrown programming and Formula One rights, the BSkyB chief has enjoyed a banner year<p><strong>Job:</strong> chief executive, BSkyB<br><strong>Age:</strong> 50<br><strong>Industry:</strong> broadcasting<br><strong>2011 ranking:</strong> 19</p><p>Jeremy Darroch has plenty to celebrate. The BSkyB chief executive was seen <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2012/jul/23/bradley-wiggins-sky" title="">punching the air in delight</a> after Team Sky's Bradley Wiggins became the first British winner of the Tour de France.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/jeremy-darroch-mediaguardian-100-2012">Continue reading...</a>MediaGuardian 100 2012Jeremy DarrochSky plcTelevision industryMediaSky plcBusinessSun, 16 Sep 2012 21:32:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/jeremy-darroch-mediaguardian-100-2012Photograph: guardian.co.ukJeremy DarrochPhotograph: guardian.co.ukJeremy DarrochGuardian Staff2012-09-16T21:32:01ZRichard Desmond | MediaGuardian 100 2012https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/richard-desmond-mediaguardian-100-2012
The Express, OK! and Channel 5 owner made his mark at Leveson with a grandstanding performance attacking his rivals<p><strong>Job:</strong> chairman, Northern &amp; Shell; proprietor, Express Newspapers<br><strong>Age:</strong> 60<br><strong>Industry:</strong> publishing, broadcasting<br><strong>2011 ranking:</strong> 16</p><p>As the first newspaper proprietor to take the stand at the Leveson inquiry into press standards, Richard Desmond's Leveson inquiry appearance was certainly memorable. The Daily Express, OK! and Channel 5 owner queried the meaning of the word "ethics", saying "we don't talk about ethics or morals because it is a very fine line and everybody's ethics are different"; and was accused by the inquiry counsel, Robert Jay QC, of a "grotesque misrepresentation" of his papers' defamatory Madeleine McCann coverage, which resulted in a £550,000 libel damages settlement.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/richard-desmond-mediaguardian-100-2012">Continue reading...</a>MediaGuardian 100 2012Richard DesmondNorthern & ShellNewspapers & magazinesConsumer magazinesMagazinesNational newspapersNewspapersMediaSun, 16 Sep 2012 21:30:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/richard-desmond-mediaguardian-100-2012Photograph: guardian.co.ukRichard DesmondPhotograph: guardian.co.ukRichard DesmondGuardian Staff2012-09-16T21:30:01ZAdam Crozier | MediaGuardian 100 2012https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/adam-crozier-mediaguardian-100-2012
The City has reacted positively to the broadcaster's turnaround at ITV Studios, acquisitions and growing digital revenues<p><strong>Job:</strong> chief executive, ITV<br><strong>Age:</strong> 48<br><strong>Industry:</strong> broadcasting<br><strong>2011 ranking:</strong> 22</p><p>Almost halfway through his much-publicised transformation plan to revitalise ITV, Adam Crozier is starting to repay the faith the board put in him by promising to pay him as much as £16m over five years.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/adam-crozier-mediaguardian-100-2012">Continue reading...</a>MediaGuardian 100 2012Adam CrozierITV plcTelevision industryMediaSun, 16 Sep 2012 21:28:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/adam-crozier-mediaguardian-100-2012Photograph: Public DomainAdam CrozierPhotograph: Public DomainAdam CrozierGuardian Staff2012-09-16T21:28:01ZElisabeth Murdoch | MediaGuardian 100 2012https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/elisabeth-murdoch-mediaguardian-100-2012
The 'anti-Murdoch Murdoch' enhanced her reputation with last month's MacTaggart lecture rounding on her brother<p><strong>Job:</strong> chairman, Shine Group<br><strong>Age:</strong> 44<br><strong>Industry:</strong> broadcasting<br><strong>2011 ranking:</strong> 23</p><p>She is the "anti-Murdoch Murdoch", the only one of the dynasty to go up in the world (or, at least, the MediaGuardian 100) in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/elisabeth-murdoch-mediaguardian-100-2012">Continue reading...</a>MediaGuardian 100 2012Elisabeth MurdochIndependent production companiesTelevision industryNews CorporationMediaSun, 16 Sep 2012 21:26:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/elisabeth-murdoch-mediaguardian-100-2012Photograph: guardian.co.ukElisabeth MurdochPhotograph: guardian.co.ukElisabeth MurdochGuardian Staff2012-09-16T21:26:01ZDame Marjorie Scardino | MediaGuardian 100 2012https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/dame-marjorie-scardino-mediaguardian-100-2012
With a successful shift towards digital products and services under way, the Pearson chief has secured a £9.6m pay package<p><strong>Job:</strong> chief executive, Pearson<br><strong>Age:</strong> 65<br><strong>Industry:</strong> publishing, education, digital media<br><strong>2011 ranking:</strong> 18</p><p>Dame Marjorie Scardino marked her 15th year running Financial Times and Penguin owner Pearson in 2012. She also predicted that the company would pass another milestone this year, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/jul/27/penguin-profits-slump-ebook-revenue-up-33percent?INTCMP=SRCH" title="">with more than half its revenues coming from digital products and services for the first time</a>, up from a third in 2011.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/dame-marjorie-scardino-mediaguardian-100-2012">Continue reading...</a>MediaGuardian 100 2012Marjorie ScardinoPearsonFinancial TimesNewspapers & magazinesMediaPearsonBusinessSun, 16 Sep 2012 21:24:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/dame-marjorie-scardino-mediaguardian-100-2012Photograph: guardian.co.ukDame Marjorie ScardinoPhotograph: guardian.co.ukDame Marjorie ScardinoGuardian Staff2012-09-16T21:24:00ZAndy Rubin | MediaGuardian 100 2012https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/andy-rubin-mediaguardian-100-2012
Google's Android chief moves up the MediaGuardian 100 as consumers increasingly turn to smartphones to access the web<p><strong>Job:</strong> founder, Android; senior vice-president of mobile, Google<br><strong>Age:</strong> 49<br><strong>Industry:</strong> technology<br><strong>2011 ranking:</strong> 4</p><p>There were rumours this year that the man leading Google's battle against Apple for control of the mobile operating systems of the future was leaving the company – claims quickly scotched by the man himself.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/andy-rubin-mediaguardian-100-2012">Continue reading...</a>MediaGuardian 100 2012Digital mediaMediaAndy RubinAndroidGoogleMobile phonesSoftwareTechnologySun, 16 Sep 2012 21:22:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/16/andy-rubin-mediaguardian-100-2012Photograph: guardian.co.ukAndy RubinPhotograph: guardian.co.ukAndy RubinGuardian Staff2012-09-16T21:22:01Z